And how much did you pay for that “Taylor Swift” guitar
The one you ruthlessly smashed at the end of the auction?
And how much will they pay for a brand new guitar
Some other dumbass will smash at the end of another auction?
Thanks, Cake.
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I’m sad to note that if you wanted to spend 4k to get a message to go viral this man has succeeded, I’ve seen this reported multiple places.
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It was an act of violence. Whether against something living or something inanimate, mean or malicious is the only intent. Holding a sign saying you disagree with Ms. Swift’s endorsement would not have malicious intent.
Honestly, the only appropriate response would be to say they were happy the charity got $4000. I can’t imagine Ms. Swift gives a donkey’s bray about what some numbskull did with his charity auction swag, even if she did actually sign it.
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Who says he has the money? There are many fools who are sending their rent money to the Big Cheeto. He’ll probably be paying off the $4,000 on his credit card for years (ending up paying that much again in interest)!
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I’m old enough to remember proto-MAGAs pouring champagne down the drain when France declined the exciting opportunity to take part in the invasion of Iraq.
Then there was the “freedom fries” thing.
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No. Not in their case. Making these fuckwits unhappy should be our avowed mission. When they are happy, some of us are being oppressed by them.
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It’s from Billboard. Probably more used to seeing the word ‘audition’ than ‘auction’. Still a dumb error. No one proof-reads, nobody sub-edits, nobody re-reads, nobody edits, just get those words down, and out on the global attention system STAT!
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In fact, if you will all notice from the video, the auction host hands the auction winner the hammer with which he smashes the guitar. This was, in fact, the point of the auction. They weren’t auctioning off a valuable Taylor Swift guitar. They were auctioning off the opportunity to smash a guitar with Taylor Swift’s picture on it with a hammer.
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The spokesperson claimed there was no malice behind the smashing, though he did hint at the fact it had something to do with Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Uh huh, sure. “There’s no malice behind it,” said the man in the white hood, setting fire to a cross.
Performative idiocy from the right makes for an almost welcome, refreshing change from the performative cruelty…
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This suggests a money making strategy. Where have I seen it before…? Oh, right. The Washington Gun-Takers
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Thermite
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It’s not just the internet. I get 2nd hand magazines from my dad and nearly every issue I find either the wrong word used, a blatant grammatical error, or just really sloppy, unprofessional prose, and occasionally a technical detail that isn’t correct.
And as one who helps put together a fanzine, I understand how easy it is for amateurs like us can let something slip through. But a magazine that has been in print for decades and is part of a large publishing group should have someone just proofing articles.
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Destroying the thing is easy; it’s already happened multiple times, including once by a pickaxe-weilding guy dressed as the Incredible Hulk. The hard part is convincing the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to stop replacing it.
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I suspect that the white-haired Texas gentlemen may be a member of the Leopards Biting Off Their Own Noses To Spite Their Faces Party. 
edit
Would that be a Street & Smith based fanzine?
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The economy must be going good!
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fair enough. Still I meant if dipshit wants to spend 4 grand of his own money to destroy something as a political statement…have at it. It’s better than him vandalizing something he didn’t pay for.
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Charity gets $4000, winner gets a pile of splintered wood. Weird flex but ok.
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